184 Quotes by Harold Pinter

Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.

I thought the plays would speak for themselves. But they didn't.

I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you.

When you lead a life of scholarship you can't be bothered with the humorous realities, you know, tits, that kind of thing.

The theater's much the most difficult kind of writing for me, the most naked kind, you're so entirely restricted.... I find myself stuck with these characters who are either sitting or standing, and they've either got to walk out of a door, or come in through a door, and that's about all they can do.

How can the unknown merit reverence?

I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature.

There are places in my heart...where no living soul...has...or can ever...trespass.

I mean, if a thing works, if a thing is right, respect that, acknowledge it, respect it and hold to it.